Bonnie Raitt

Just hold me ^Amaj7 close, don't pat ^Bm ronize - don't patro ^E+ nize ^E me
CHORUS: Cause I can't ma ^D ke you ^A love me if you ^D don't
You can't m ^D ake your ^A heart feel something it wo ^Dmaj7 n't
^D Here in the ^A dark, in these lonely h ^F#m ours
I will ^D lay down my ^A heart and I'll feel the ^Dmaj7 power
But you w ^Bm on't, no y ^E+ ou w ^E on't
'Cause I can't m ^D ake you ^A love me, if you d ^Dmaj7 on't
^D I'll close my ey ^E es, th ^A en I won't ^D see
^D The love you don't ^Amaj7 feel when you're holding ^E me
^D Morning will ^E come and ^A I'll do what's r ^D ight
Just ^D give me till t ^A hen to give up this f ^E ight
And I will g ^Bm ive up t ^E+ his ^E fight
CHORUS:
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I Can't Make You Love Me
(M. Reid/A. Shamblin)
as recorded by Bonnie Raitt
Capo III in Eb
^{Cmaj7 Bm7/E Bm7 Cmaj7 C Bm7/E Bm7 Cmaj7 C Bm7 Am7 Cmaj7} Turn down the l ^Bm7/E ights,
t ^Bm7 urn down the b ^Cmaj7 ed
T ^C urn down these v ^Bm7 oices ^Em inside my h ^Am7 ead
L ^Cmaj7 ay down with m ^Bm7/E e,
t ^Bm7 ell me no l ^Cmaj7 ies
^C Just hold me c ^Bm7 lose, ^Em don't patro ^Am7 nize
Don't patron ^Cmaj7 ize me ^{Dsus4 D}
CHORUS:
Cause I can't m ^C ake you l ^G ove me if you d ^Cmaj7 on't ^Am7
You can't m ^C ake your h ^G eart feel s ^Bm7 omething it w ^Cmaj7 on't
H ^Em7 ere in the d ^Cmaj7 ark, in t ^D hese final h ^Em ours
I will l ^Em ay down my h ^Cmaj7 eart and I ^D 'll feel the p ^Em7 ower
But y ^Am7 ou won't, no y ^Dsus4 ou won't ^D
'Cause I can't m ^Cmaj7 ake you l ^Bm7 ove me, ^Cmaj7
if you d ^Cmaj7 on't
Bm7/E Bm7 Cmaj7, C Bm7 Em Am7
I ^Cmaj7 'll close my e ^Bm7/E yes,
t ^Bm7 hen I won't s ^Cmaj7 ee
The l ^C ove you don't f ^Bm7 eel when y ^Em ou're holding m ^Am7 e
M ^Cmaj7 orning will c ^Bm7/E ome and I ^Bm7 'll do what's r ^Cmaj7 ight
J ^C ust give me till t ^Bm7 hen to g ^Em ive up this f ^Am7 ight
And I will g ^Cmaj7 ive up this f ^Dsus4 ight ^D
repeat CHORUS
Cheryl posted nice chords. Here's a slightly
different version with the chords I've selected notated under hers.
I've also provided tab for the chords. I play it on a 12-string.
Lovely song.
I Can't Make You Love Me
(Bonnie Raitt, from "Luck of the Draw")
Capo up one
Chord Tab
E ^Dmaj7 2 ^F#m7 2 ^F#m7/E 2 ^D 2 ^D9 0 ^Amaj7 0 ^Bm 2 ^Bm/E 2 ^Esus4 0 ^E 0 ^A 0
B 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 0 0 2
^G D ² 0 ² 2 ² 2 ² 0 ² 0 ² 0 ⁴ 4 ⁴ 4 ² 2 ¹ 2 ² 2
A x 4 4 x 0 0 2 2 2 2 0
E x 2 0 x x x 2 0 0 0 x
Intro:
^{Dmaj7 F#m7 F#m7/E D D9 Amaj7 F#m7 Bm/E Dmaj7 F#m7 F#m7/E D D9 Amaj7 Bm D} Turn down the ^E lights, ^A turn down the ^D bed
^{Dmaj7 F#m7 F#m7/E D D} Turn down these ^Amaj7 voices ^A inside my ^E head
^{D9 Amaj7 F#maj7 Bm D} Lay down with ^E me, ^Amaj7 tell me no ^D lies
^{Dmaj7 F#maj7 F#maj7/E D} Just hold me ^Amaj7 close, don't ^Bm patronize - don't pa ^E+ tronize
^{D9 Amaj7 F#maj7 Bm Esus4 E} me
^E
Cause I can't ^D make you ^A love me if you ^D don't
^Amaj7 You can't ^D ma ^D ke your ^A h ^A eart feel somethin ^D g it ^Dmaj7 won't
^D Here in ^D the ^A dark, ^A in these lonel ^F#m y ^F#m hours ^{D Dmaj7
F#m7 A E F#m} I will ^D lay down my ^A heart and I'll feel the ^Dmaj7 power
^{F#m7 A E F#m} But you ^Bm won't, no ^E+ you ^E won't
'Cause I can't ^D make you ^A love me, if you ^Dmaj7 don't
F#m7 F#m7/E....
^D I'll close my ^E eyes, ^A then I won't ^D see
^D The love you don't ^Amaj7 feel when ^A you're holding ^E me
^D Morning will ^E come and ^A I'll do what's ^D right
Just ^D give me till ^A then to give up this ^E fight
And I will ^Bm give up ^E+ this ^E fight
chorus